Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults : A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Practice Hardback
Edited by Gail M. Williamson, David R. Shaffer, Patricia A. Parmelee
Part of the The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology series
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Aging is inevitable-A "psychological recession" is not . . . As I go about my daily life, I read and hear about the sometimes scary things that are happening to other people.
As the saying goes, bad news sells newspapers. But I u- ally can take some solace in reasoning that this bad stuff assuredly will not occur in my life.
After reading this book, however, one message has gotten through–I cannot d- miss "those" older people described in the various chapters as being dissimilar to me.
After all, "old person" is a term that can be applied to me in a few more years.
On this point, I once heard the following rhetorical question applied to the prejudice actions of the TV character Archie Bunker: "What would he say about "those" Puerto Ricans, if, on his next birthday, he knew that he would become a Puerto Rican?" As to aging, we best pay close attention because we soon will be "those" elders.
This is why the alarming facts of this book-that our elders often are experiencing elevatedlevelsofphysicalillnessesanddepression–grabbedmebytheproverbialthroat.
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- Pages:370 pages, XIV, 370 p.
- Publisher:Springer Science+Business Media
- Publication Date:31/08/2000
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- Pages:370 pages, XIV, 370 p.
- Publisher:Springer Science+Business Media
- Publication Date:31/08/2000
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- ISBN:9780306462696
